HDR Imaging

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

My first HDR pictures, taken at work.
In reality it doesn't look so bad, here is the original photo.

Comments

[roven75.livejournal.com]

These turned out very well! I especially like the first one. I love the curtains and reflections in the windows, the yellow blue red.

They also look so much more interesting compared to the original picture - like your senses are heightened looking at them. You can almost feel the texture of the wall, it seems.

So did you do the HDR effect with the computer or did you take several images and combine them?

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

I took 5 pictures at different exposures and combined them using a special software. :-)

[roven75.livejournal.com]

Oh cool, did you bring a tripod to work? *g*

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Yes. I had it with me anyway as I had to photograph some pictures for our website. So I took the opportunity to launch my hdr project. Our backyard at work has the right atmosphere for this. :-)

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just me, but whereas the original photo looks like a photograph, the HDR images look more like drawings. Is that how it's meant to be?

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's on purpose. It depends on the setting you choose for the hdr imaging. You can do it very realistic and very surrealistic, and all the steps in between. And in this case I decided surrealistic the pictures look best. :-)

[femsc.livejournal.com]

It's worked very well. Photo-technology has moved on somewhat and left me behind. The most I can do is to make a not-very-good job of correcting red-eye!

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

It's just that I have time enough to spend on it. :-)

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

It's amazing the difference in the photos! The colour and depth in the HD are incredibly strong and brilliant and take the pics and really do give a new dimension to photography.

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what hdr is meant for. There is a good chance that many of those professional cityscape photos with amazing skies and brilliant colours are hdr images. :-)

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Heh. So whilst it's still true that "the camera never lies", the same cannot be said for the photographer! :)